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His Stage, the Street; His Rapier, a Peeler

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/03/nyregion/03ades.html?pa...

The NY Times' obituary of Joe Ades, potato-peeler-salesman extraordinaire.

NYTimes Community Contributor posted about 3 years ago

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